This page documents how [[Releases | Fedora releases]] should be named.

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== Summary ==

* Names are suggested by the community.

* Names are suggested by the community.

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** The [http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list fedora-devel-list] mailing list was previously used for suggestions.

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** The [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list fedora-devel-list] mailing list was previously used for suggestions.

** Beginning with Fedora 11, name suggestions are solicited through a wiki page.

** Beginning with Fedora 11, name suggestions are solicited through a wiki page.

* To suggest a name, a community member ''must'':

* To suggest a name, a community member ''must'':

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** Show how the name meets the "is-a" test. For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister." Names for releases ''N'' and ''N+1'' must be related, and names for releases ''N'' and ''N+2'' cannot share the same relationship.

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** Show how the name meets the "is-a" test. For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister."

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*** Names for releases ''N'' and ''N+1'' must be related, and names for releases ''N'' and ''N+2'' cannot share the same relationship.

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*** The "is-a" relationship must be reasonably novel. For example, "is a brand of automobile" is reasonably novel. The relationship "is a brand of automobile only manufactured in Uzbekistan" is much better. The relationship "is a word with seven letters" is not sufficiently novel.

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*** Preference is given to names showing relationships [[History_of_Fedora_release_names | never before used in a release]].

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*** Names of living people or well-known trademarks or goods will be rejected by Red Hat Legal. Try to find a more unusual link.

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*** Names must not contain any shell metacharacters. Note that you can use replacements from the Unicode such as U+2019 instead of the ASCII apostrophe.

** Document preliminary searches showing the name is not encumbered by trademarks or other use that makes it a bad or risky choice.

** Document preliminary searches showing the name is not encumbered by trademarks or other use that makes it a bad or risky choice.

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* Names are vetted through the Red Hat Legal department for a more intensive trademark search.

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* Names are vetted:

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* The Fedora Board is responsible for making sure the name ballot is of sufficient size and composition.

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** by the Fedora [[Design]] team for applicability to theming

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* The final release name is decided through a community vote.

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** by the Fedora Board to make sure the name ballot is of sufficient size and composition.

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*** Typically, the Board has a private vote on the entire name roster (after initial vetting)

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*** The top results are sent on to Legal.

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** by the Red Hat Legal department for a more intensive trademark search

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* The final release name is decided through a community [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting vote].

* Problems are resolved through the [[Board | Fedora Board]] and the [[FPL]].

* Problems are resolved through the [[Board | Fedora Board]] and the [[FPL]].

Revision as of 19:37, 27 March 2013

Summary

Beginning with Fedora 11, name suggestions are solicited through a wiki page.

To suggest a name, a community member must:

Show how the name meets the "is-a" test. For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister."

Names for releases N and N+1 must be related, and names for releases N and N+2 cannot share the same relationship.

The "is-a" relationship must be reasonably novel. For example, "is a brand of automobile" is reasonably novel. The relationship "is a brand of automobile only manufactured in Uzbekistan" is much better. The relationship "is a word with seven letters" is not sufficiently novel.